Who am I?

I am me. =) Me being Chris. I’m 29, so by this time next year I’ll FINALLY be 30! I have a hubby, Mike, who is “39 and holding”, though he’s been claiming that almost as long as Jack Benny! ;-) We have two lovely/irritating kids. Hey! They’re kids. I’d be lying if I said they were lovely ALL the time.

Dahling daughter is 10 and attends our church’s private school. Soothing (sorry, I couldn’t come up with a better ’s’ word….) son is 9 and attends our home’s school. Yup. Homeschooled. They both were until this year. It’s been a weird adjustment.

I like a lot of things….

• I like Jesus (well, actually I LOVE Jesus because He loved me first and saved me!).
• I like church (no really, I do. I hear that’s strange…).
• I like baking, but not cooking unless it is a new recipe.
• I like 50s diner-esque stuff, especially if it pertains to a certain refreshing drink!
• I like denim and bandanas and cowboy boots and hats.
• My all-time favorite flower is the daisy, but I like lots of other white flowers too.
• I like reading. (Lots of different stuff, but outside of the Bible, I’d have to say my favorite genre is kids’ chapter books…I know. I’m weird.)
• I like crocheting and sewing and embroidery.
• I like redwork.
• I like quilting, though I’ve not actually MADE a quilt yet (I have two in progress).
• I like teaching. Especially Amercian History, Math, and Science.
• I like listening to music WAY loud so I can sing and not hear myself.
• I like singing annoying songs for far too long just because I can.
• I like watching videos of factories making stuff. I love factory tours!
• I like smurfs. Yes, I am weird. I already told you that!
• I like dogs, but not dog hair, bodily fluids, or mouth smacking-noises.
• I like corn-on-the-cob and watermelon because they are an excuse to eat super-sloppily like I did when I was a kid.
• I like LEGOS!!
• I like traditions. I’m big on tradition.
• I like researching. I was once called “the Research Queen”.
• I like giving very unique “just right” gifts. Especially if they’re something that’s just not found anywhere. (I tend to find them!)
• I like organizing. As long as it doesn’t involve me CLEANING something first.

Now some things I don’t like…

• I don’t like sticking my hands in a sink full of standing water. Yuck!
• I don’t like “exotic” foods. Things like pig brains, chicken feet, caviar, mussels, shark, cow tongue, liver. These all qualify. They are not food products, people. They are biological waste!
• I can NOT stand the sound of a mouth (any mouth!) smacking in any way. No really. It almost hurts! This includes gum-chewing. In a big way.
• I don’t like driving. At all. Please somebody hire me a driver!!
• I don’t like talking in front of crowds or people I don’t know well.
• I don’t like crowds. At all. Please somebody rent out the mall!
• I don’t like the news. I used to watch it all the time. I didn’t have much of a choice- it was blaring all day long. Now it’s not and that’s nice.
• I don’t like John Wayne movies. I don’t care if he is the quintessential American cowboy.
• I don’t like fancy china. I’m more a Dixie cup kinda of a gal. Or maybe thematic (member that refreshing drink?) dishes.
• I don’t like fancy restaurants. See above.
• I don’t like boats, oceans, flying over oceans, etc.

Stay tuned for more exciting info on who I am. =)